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LJR on December 19, 2005 - 8:48pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
That adds the energy to run the world's largest freezer requiring yet more electricity.

They are heating up cubic miles of dirt to 700 degrees and freezing the perimeter.

I love their great environmental concern about the groundwater but I think it's typical horseshit.  What they really want is to keep the oil from leaching away from their drill holes and also to keep groundwater from leaching IN to cool their heaters.

What are they going to do on the surface?  Foam it with heat insulating plastic?  Gets pretty cold in the winter.

My hunch says this dog won't hunt.  It's hilarious that we're even discussing such a ludicrous and 'on the face of it' Rube Goldberg proposal.

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Catskill on December 19, 2005 - 9:09pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Hey LJR-

You were mighty quick on the draw with those comments - they're exactly what I was thinking .

I'm sure they will conveniently leave out the small matter of the energy required to make their big ole hockey rink but it will surely cost a fortune...

Hello Oil Drum - thanks for checking out my first comment on your site.

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